Fashism's Online Community Caters to the More Fickle Fashionistas
Deciding what to wear can be a daunting task. The clothes that cover our naked bodies come in all shapes, colors and sizes and it’s tough to know what looks…
Courtney Boyd Myers
Courtney Boyd Myers is the Features Editor of The Next Web, based in New York City and London. She began her career writing about robots. She loves magnets + reading on a Kindle. You can follow her on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter @CBM.
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Immaculate Infatuation Releases its Guide To Killing It This Summer
By day, he’s the VP of PR and Media at Warner Bros. Records, but at night go-getter Andrew Steinthal runs the dining and entertainment site Immaculate Infatuation, which he likens it to a Zagat…
Lyst Launches Sale Alerts for Pinterest
In our most recent iPad Magazine, we traveled the world over to bring you the best stories and trends in the digital fashion world. In London, we met with 5…
Qwiki Launches its Publishing Platform for Content Creators
Currently, when you write a blog post or publish a story online, you’re limited to text, video embeds, photos and slideshows. Creating original video content is labor-intensive, often expensive. Meanwhile…
Webby Award Winner Foodily Picks 10 Recipes Worth Celebrating
Last night was the big night for many in the Internet world. It was the 16th annual Webby Awards, an award ceremony honoring excellence on the Internet, including websites, interactive advertising and…
Clothes Horse Paves the Way for the Future of Clothing that Fits
Online shopping is wildly convenient if you’re tight on time or live out in the boonies, miles from a mall. But often with convenience, comes compromise – on both quality…
Boutique Fashion Brokers Launches its Online Trade Show Platform
Every industry has its own form of a trade show. In consumer electronics, it’s CES. In the startup world, there are massive conferences like our very own The Next Web…
Crazy About Custom: 5 Fashion Startups Made Just for You
In the U.S., a standard for men’s clothing sizes was established during the Civil War when the government had to buy uniforms for soldiers in the North. Women’s sizing standards…
Bcalm, a Drink to Help Us Carry On in Our Hyper-Connected Lives
In barely one generation we’ve moved from exulting in the time-saving devices that have so expanded our lives to trying to get away from them — often in order to…
The Webutante Ball Recap: The King, the Queen, Photos and More
For the tech and media elite who made it above 14th St last night for the 4th annual ‘Unruly’ Webutante Ball, I hope your hangover has finally started to subside. Last…
Drip.fm Launches a Members-Only Platform for Music Labels
Convenience and belonging. Convenience and belonging. Convenience and belonging. Convenience and belonging. Convenience and belonging. Convenience and belonging. Convenience and belonging. These are two of the most evolutionary reasons why we’re naturally…
Social Travel Site Gogobot Hits 1 Million Registered Users
Travel is a multi-trillion dollar industry, so naturally companies as small as Trippy to as giant as Google all want a piece of the pie. In recent years, travel companies have tried…
The Webutante Ball is Sold Out -- We've Got Two Tickets For You!
We’ve made it! Internet Week NY officially kicked off yesterday with a week long program of speakers, panels and cocktail parties. For all the geeks, startup enthusiasts and media elite in New York…
Social Media Week Launches its Photo Contest: Instagram Your City
For the love of all things social on the Internet, we admire everything about Social Media Week, a worldwide event exploring the social, cultural and economic impact of social media. Since its inception 4 years…
Crazy about Curation: 5 American Girls, 3 Fashion Startups
In today’s noisy, overpopulated world, we often talk about the art of curation in terms of the process of selection, narrowing down and choosing objects fit for presentation. When we…
